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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis-0 A

I. - Financial securities repurchased by a legal entity under the conditions set out in Articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-34 of the Monetary and Financial Code are, for the application of the provisions of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater A

1. a. Taxpayers who own, rent or occupy free of charge a dwelling located in France, used as their main residence, may benefit from an income tax credit for expenditure on the installation or replacem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-4

Non-substantial modifications must be declared to the regional health agency. A copy is sent to the Etablissement français du sang or, where applicable, to the Centre de transfusion sanguine des armée…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-2

I.-The pharmaceutical record contains : a) Data relating to the identity and identification of its holder, in particular his national health identifier, and, where applicable, data relating to the ide…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 200-0 A

1. The total tax benefits mentioned in 2, with the exception of those mentioned in articles 199 undecies A, 199 undecies B, 199 undecies C and 199 unvicies and in XII of Article 199 novovicies, may no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-2

Pôle emploi and the body responsible for managing unemployment insurance mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 provide the State services with all the information required to draw up the framework document m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-2

Mediators are set up in order to promote, without prejudice to the right of the parties to take legal action, the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of the authorisation for simultaneous,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-20

For the application of articles R. 6331-52 and R. 6332-72 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "the body mentioned in article L. 225-1-1" are replaced by the words: "the social security fund mentio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-4

In the case provided for in 2° of Article A. 37-20-2, the person specifies the identity, address and driving licence reference of the person who was presumed to be driving the vehicle when the offence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-3

I.-The application for an initial authorisation to manage a blood establishment is sent by the director of the health establishment or by the administrator of the grouping to the regional health agenc…

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